Microdosing LSD modulates the perception of time independently of other consciousness-altering effects

Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a drug which produces a variety of cognitive, perceptual and behavioral changes in users. One of these is distortions in interval timing: one’s perception of (relatively) short intervals and, specifically, the ability to reliably reproduce these intervals (by, for example, switching on a light, pausing, and switching it back off).

To understand whether this temporal effect is separate from or merely a consequence of an altered state of consciousness, researchers from London and Oxford turned to a growing trend among young professionals: LSD microdosing.

Microdosing refers to the consumption of barely perceptible doses of LSD, purported to increase productivity and boost cognition without altering perception. Their results are published in Psychopharmacology.
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